National dialogue programme organised
Summary
A national dialogue in Kathmandu discussed legal barriers and needed constitutional reforms to allow citizenship through mothers' Nepali nationality, highlighting Nepal's continued gender-discriminatory citizenship laws.
Key Points
- A national dialogue was held in Kathmandu to discuss legal provisions and challenges related to maternal citizenship in Nepal.
- The programme was organized by Citizenship Affected People's Network, Nationality For All, and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights.
- Speakers highlighted that Nepal's constitution conditions citizenship through a mother on the father's identity, causing bureaucratic hurdles.
- A digital platform on gender-discriminatory citizenship laws was launched to aid comparative legal studies and policymaking.
- Nepal remains one of 24 countries worldwide with gender-discriminatory citizenship laws, and the only one in South Asia.
